PVC Tractor Light and Easy to Move

[rebbetzin]

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Hmm, well around here, they are easy to find, at Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe's. They are usually in big open bins, with a picture of what each piece is and the prices. Most good hardware stores carry lots of PVC fittings.

 

[rebbetzin]

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Thanks!! My husband is a great designer!! He has lots of patents, mostly for inventions in the Elevator industry!!

If I asked I bet he could come up with a great multi-level coop with elevators!! (I wouldn't want to clean the elevator cars and the shaft though!!)


I considered putting a post on my coop page.... I suppose I can do that easy enough.

In fact I took the time to do it right now.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=8389-pvc-chicken-tractor

 

[tdgill]

very cool!

 

[River Lizard]

Nice job.

Keep in mind that PVC schedule 40 breaks down in sunlight so to make it last longer, it should be coated with a plastic paint and a reflective one at that. Schedule 80 can with-stand UV rays more so than 40 but the price of it is higher and the product is thicker also.

I've made a number of cages out of PVC....let me see if I can locate one to post up: Well I looked on my hard drives quickly and couldn't locate the outdoor one I built but I did find the indoor one that's on wheels:

It housed a Mexican Iguana "Harry" when we would go to reptile shows. I used regular sch. 40 1-1/2 PVC since it was going to be indoors. The outside one I painted black to match the netting I was using. The above unit would break down in 6 sections within 7-8 minutes for transporting. Each wall is a section top and bottom is a section and I used wing-nuts for easy removal. The base has casters so I could roll it around, the inside had 2 ladders and 2 shelves.